diablodale

Hi all. I've finally released v1.0 of my dp.kinect object. Its been release quality for over a year. Yet, I polished it even more and its available for you at 

I also have a limited beta of my dp.kinect2 object. This allows you to use the new Kinect v2 sensor in Max. It is compatible with dp.kinect. If you have any existing patches, the only change you might need to make is to put a "2" in the object name. More info on how to get into the limited beta at 

Hi all. I've finally released v1.0 of my dp.kinect object. Its been release quality for over a year. Yet, I polished it even more and its available for you at http://hidale.com/shop/dp-kinect/

I also have a limited beta of my dp.kinect2 object. This allows you to use the new Kinect v2 sensor in Max. It is compatible with dp.kinect. If you have any existing patches, the only change you might need to make is to put a "2" in the object name.   More info on how to get into the limited beta at http://hidale.com/shop/dp-kinect2/


kinect-1-and-kinect-2-now-supported-in-max-with-dp-kinect-and-dp-kinect2-objects

Are dp.kinect 1 are supported for Osx Yosemite and Max7 ?

Microsoft does not support Macintosh/Osx, therefore dp.kinect and dp.kinect2 do not.

I read on your wiki about OpenNi … so that would still be the way to go for the kinect 9model 1414 or new model?) on Mac and OSX Yosemit ?

Sorry if these questions aren't new to you and maybe answered in the forum (I'm trying to read everything about it right now). I'm trying to determine if I should get a Windows system … but I am mostly a Mac user. If you could clarify for me … that would be great … Thanks so much!

I read on your wiki about OpenNi … so that would still be the way to go for the kinect 9model 1414 or new model?) on Mac and OSX Yosemit ?
Sorry if these questions aren't new to you and maybe answered in the forum (I'm trying to read everything about it right now). I'm trying to determine if I should get a Windows system … but I am mostly a Mac user. If you could clarify for me … that would be great … Thanks so much!


Primesense, creator of the first Kinect and OpenNI, has been bought by Apple and the public OpenNI libs were taken offline. While OpenNI-based stuff might still work now it's a shot in the dark for the future. In my experience KinectSDK is superior to OpenNI and the dp.kinect object is the most advanced Kinect external for Max. It made me switch from Mac to Windows for my projects that use Kinect.

DTR writes well. OpenNI, in general, is a dead-end technology and I don't recommend building new solutions which are based on it.

The Kinect v2 sensor is very good hardware and the drivers/SDK for it in generally good condition. If you were starting a new project (not old legacy), I recommend you use the Kinect v2 sensor and solutions like dp.kinect2 to access/control it.

At this time, it is Windows. So using bootcamp on your Mac hardware is also an option.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/bb379e8b-4258-40d6-92e4-56dd95d7b0bb/confirmed-list-of-usb-30-pcie-cardslaptopsconfigurations-which-work-for-kinect-v2-during?forum=kinectv2sdk

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/20dbadae-dcee-406a-b66f-a182d76cea3b/troubleshooting-and-common-issues-guide?forum=kinectv2sdk

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/archive/2014/07/28/developing-with-kinect-v2-on-a-mac.aspx

At this time, it is Windows. So using bootcamp on your Mac hardware is also an option.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/bb379e8b-4258-40d6-92e4-56dd95d7b0bb/confirmed-list-of-usb-30-pcie-cardslaptopsconfigurations-which-work-for-kinect-v2-during?forum=kinectv2sdk
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/20dbadae-dcee-406a-b66f-a182d76cea3b/troubleshooting-and-common-issues-guide?forum=kinectv2sdk
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/archive/2014/07/28/developing-with-kinect-v2-on-a-mac.aspx


I'll try to find a solution to stay on Mac and share with the community what we will find (or write). Sending the infos via OSC could be a solution as well but I want to use the image capture as well as the data from the kinect.

mac for me in this last 3 ys is a delusion

This looks like an option on mac but I haven't tried it yet.

This looks like an option on mac but I haven't tried it yet.
https://github.com/ofTheo/ofxKinectV2


I don't recommend this ofx hack. It is extremely limited and buggy. It is not a Max object/external.

It only outputs unaligned rgb, depth, and ir; and the depth is not output at full 30fps.

In addition no body/joint tracking, no hand tracking, no audio, no face tracking, no accelerometer, no engagement tracking, no emotion detection, etc.

If one is so compelled to only use Mac hardware, then use bootcamp. I have read of success by others on the public microsoft Kinect forums.

I don't recommend this ofx hack. It is extremely limited and buggy. It is not a Max object/external.
It only outputs unaligned rgb, depth, and ir; and the depth is not output at full 30fps.
In addition no body/joint tracking, no hand tracking, no audio, no face tracking, no accelerometer, no engagement tracking, no emotion detection, etc.

If one is so compelled to only use Mac hardware, then use bootcamp. I have read of success by others on the public microsoft Kinect forums.


Okay.. I hope I can get a clear answer on this.. I am currently using the Kinect 1414 with old openni.. and it is working... However I am curious about the V2 as obviously would work much better and be more responsive.. I have a MBP that has a a windows partition.. If I installed windows 8 on it would I need to use max on the windows side for my patches or could I just use the kinect on the windows side and port the sensor info to the mac side ( with osc or syphon?) to use with Max.. If I need to do it all on the Windows side.. could one use a standalone or do you need to mirror the mac application..I guess I would like a clarification about the workflow to facilitate the K V2 if one has been doing all patches in Mac.. that Apple is throwing such a kink into the works is totally annoying

Sorry to slightly hijack this thread.. I'm trying to get hold of a Kinect 2 for Windows, and I can't get one in Europe at all. Have tried Microsoft stores in various countries (I'm based in the UK but have tried France, Germany etc.) but there seems to be no stock at all. I've even tried ordering from the US or Canada, but they won't supply to Europe. Anyone got any ideas perchance?

@ASTRAPHL, dp.kinect2 is a Windows external and Microsoft only supports the Kinect2 on Windows.

It is your choice how you use locally or transmit the data to another computer or VM. I personally recommend Windows for all solutions and do not use Mac.

@Joseph, I have also heard this rumor in some countries. What I heard to do is buy the separate Kinect for XBox One + the Kinect for Windows adapter.

@ASTRAPHL, dp.kinect2 is a Windows external and Microsoft only supports the Kinect2 on Windows.
It is your choice how you use locally or transmit the data to another computer or VM. I personally recommend Windows for all solutions and do not use Mac.

@Joseph, I have also heard this rumor in some countries. What I heard to do is buy the separate Kinect for XBox One + the Kinect for Windows adapter.


@Joseph yes it's true I couldn't get kinect2 shipped directly abroad either. if you have a friend in the usa maybe they can ship it to you. UK is out of stock!

@Joseph yes it's true I couldn't get kinect2 shipped directly abroad either. if you have a friend in the usa maybe they can ship it to you.  UK is out of stock!


i buy on from a boy who don t use Kinect 2 in his Xbox one i pay 40 euro + adapter 39 euro

I asked Microsoft here in The Netherlands. The Kinect v2 for Windows isn't produced anymore. It's now the regular Xbox Kinect v2 + Adapter for Windows that you need to get. I did and it works fine with dp.kinect2.

I am using a Kinect sensor model 1414 on Mac OSX Yosemite and OSX Lion. It works beautiful. Anybody interested I can send you the contact person I have who debugged that for me.

couldn't you do setup a fork on GitHub of the openNI repos or something like this to share that debugged solution, if you are inclined to sharing it ? i'm very interested and i guess a lot of people are...

hey Marie-Helene,
couldn't you do setup a fork on GitHub of the openNI repos or something like this to share that debugged solution, if you are inclined to sharing it ? i'm very interested and i guess a lot of people are...


I understand but I am not the person who debugged it. So I can only give you the contact.

dp.kinect and dp.kinect2 do not work on any version of Osx. They are Windows only externals.

Your dp.kinect and dp.kinect2 only work on Windows.

And I am sure I will use that one day as it seems very well done.

But for those "stock" on Mac here's a solution

http://zigfu.com/en/downloads/browserplugin/

Yes in deed Diablodale
Your dp.kinect and dp.kinect2 only work on Windows.
And I am sure I will use that one day as it seems very well done.
But for those "stock" on Mac here's a solution

http://zigfu.com/en/downloads/browserplugin/


25 euro vs 200 $ isn t the same thing
after all dk.kinect work w/ max
i want said thank to DIABLODALE
who share 2 project on max/msp  w/ us
here is not easy to see,
tools are not art
tools are tools


i read this in your site but there is not way to

read this like as a suggestion not a criticism against you.

"My mission is to strengthen the relationships between one another through art; to create opportunities for artists to express the art that is in them; to bring creativity to corners of our urban areas that thirst for that connection to the art."|

is impossible find the way to write you
i read this in your site but there is not way to
share show talk art project with you.

"My mission is to strengthen the relationships between one another through art; to create opportunities for artists to express the art that is in them; to bring creativity to corners of our urban areas that thirst for that connection to the art."|  

Hi @Luxi. I encourage you to read the support page on my website.

It provides you help, documentation, and a way to open a new issue if you can not resolve it yourself. It additionally provides a way to contact me. My intention is to centralize all this information so that others, like youself, can get the support you need.

Hi @Luxi. I encourage you to read the support page on my website.
http://hidale.com/support/

i've been using the kinect version 1473 on mac with jit.openni for almost 2 years now but wanted to try the

I downladed and started the trial but sadly can't get the damn thing to work. ;(

dp.kinect looks very very solid and would love to try and purchase a license.

after unplugging the kinect to try a different usb por ton my laptop

I got a "The Kinect attached is an unsupported model.". I cannot find any mention of this on Dale's site .

Can anyone confirm this : model 1473 kinect v1 does not work with dp.kinect.

Thank you very much for any help on this.

i've been using the kinect version 1473 on mac with jit.openni for almost 2 years now but wanted to try the
dp.kinect in bootcamp in windows 7. 

I downladed and started the trial but sadly can't get the damn thing to work. ;(
dp.kinect looks very very solid and would love to try and purchase a license. 

after unplugging the kinect  to try a different usb por ton my laptop
I got a "The Kinect attached is an unsupported model.". I cannot find any mention of this on Dale's site . 

Can anyone confirm this : model 1473 kinect v1 does not work with dp.kinect. 

Thank you very much for any help on this. 

Microsoft's licensing only supports use of the Kinect for Windows for your solutions and they enforce it with their technology.

I recommend referring to the setup gude at the following link and the licensing section directly linked. Both walk you through the hardware requirements, restrictions, and possibilities.

https://github.com/diablodale/dp.kinect/wiki#terms-of-use-licensing-conditions-and-warranty

Separately....I'm surprised 1473 worked with jit.openni. You are lucky. :-)

If your computer meets the high requirements, consider getting a used XBox One Kinect + the new adapter sold that converts it to USB3. You might be able to get it all under $100.

Microsoft's licensing only supports use of the Kinect for Windows for your solutions and they enforce it with their technology.
I recommend referring to the setup gude at the following link and the licensing section directly linked. Both walk you through the hardware requirements, restrictions, and possibilities.
https://github.com/diablodale/dp.kinect/wiki#terms-of-use-licensing-conditions-and-warranty

Separately....I'm surprised 1473 worked with jit.openni. You are lucky.  :-)

If your computer meets the high requirements, consider getting a used XBox One Kinect + the new adapter sold that converts it to USB3. You might be able to get it all under $100.


Thanks. I go test it. Do you thing it's a good tool just for detect bodies presence on a dark environment? I don't need skeleton detection. thanks

The Kinect v2 will detect bodies and skeleton joints in the dark. I recommend it.

The Kinect for Windows v1... it doesn't work as well in the dark when you need to detecting body positions and skeleton joints. You will need to test to see if it works in your specific patch and room.

If you don't need position...then the Kinect for Windows v1 might work for you. You could try using the raw infrared stream. With it, you would look for any big or bright objects. Those objects would probably be people.

If you had still objects (chairs, tables, columns, etc.), your patch could ignore those pixel ranges.

You could also use some externals (jit.change, cv.jit.moments, cv.jit.opticalflow, etc.) which detect changes/deltas in video (like infrared) streams. These changes would probably also be people.

If you don't need position...then the Kinect for Windows v1 might work for you. You could try using the raw infrared stream. With it, you would look for any big or bright objects. Those objects would probably be people.
If you had still objects (chairs, tables, columns, etc.), your patch could ignore those pixel ranges.
You could also use some externals (jit.change, cv.jit.moments, cv.jit.opticalflow, etc.) which detect changes/deltas in video (like infrared) streams. These changes would probably also be people.


Hello,did someone test dpkinect2 on max/msp 5.07?thx

Hello,did someone test dpkinect2 on max/msp 5.07?thx
carl


I casually tried it on Max 5.1.9 sometime in the past but promise no support for it. Try/test it yourself on your specific computer. You have two weeks full functionality to try it. 

FYI: You can upgrade to Max 5.1.9 for free. And the upgrade to modern Max is nicely priced and the feature set difference is substantial.

I casually tried it on Max 5.1.9 sometime in the past but promise no support for it. Try/test it yourself on your specific computer. You have two weeks full functionality to try it. https://hidale.com/shop/dp-kinect2/
FYI: You can upgrade to Max 5.1.9 for free. And the upgrade to modern Max is nicely priced and the feature set difference is substantial.


I bought with my friend Max 7 and we installed it on the pc where we make research in lab; we would like to use kinect also with laptop outside lab, so maybe we need for our needs to use two kinects more, ,and so two computers, so we should buy two licences more for Max/msp, but now we don't have so much money:-)

Thx a lot, very kind
I bought with my friend Max 7 and we installed it on the pc where  we make research in lab; we would like to use kinect also with laptop outside lab, so  maybe we need for our needs to use two kinects more, ,and so two computers, so we should buy two licences more for Max/msp, but now we don't have so much money:-)
Now we'll see how to move
thx again
cheers
carl


Both Max and dp.kinect support situations where you have a development and/or performance PC. Each has their own licensing terms and abilities.

https://cycling74.com/support/faq_authorization/#.Vok6BBUrJhE

Both Max and dp.kinect support situations where you have a development and/or performance PC. Each has their own licensing terms and abilities.
You can read about dp.kinect terms at http://hidale.com/terms/
For Max, I found this in their FAQs  https://cycling74.com/support/faq_authorization/#.Vok6BBUrJhE


Thank you for lovely plug-in and responding to all of the question on here, even if they are only bickering about how they want to find way around using your plugin...lol

I am a kinect 1 user about to buy a used v2. I plan to use your plug-in with max v6.1 on Windows 8 via bootcamp loaded on my Macbook Pro. Rarely do I see people reference model numbers of the v2 kinect but I do see they are out there. Do all version work with your plugin?

All production models of the Kinect v2 should work with dp.kinect2. Prototype v2, retail v2, Xbox One v2...all of them should work. :-)

The most common hardware issues I've seen are computer related (cpu/bus speed, usb3 port compatibility, etc.). Best guidance I can provide there is to follow Microsoft's hardware requirements and to run their Kinectv2 config verifier 

https://dev.windows.com/en-us/kinect/hardware-setup

If you otherwise encounter a problem, please do report it at 

https://github.com/diablodale/dp.kinect2/issues

All production models of the Kinect v2 should work with dp.kinect2. Prototype v2, retail v2, Xbox One v2...all of them should work. :-)
The most common hardware issues I've seen are computer related (cpu/bus speed, usb3 port compatibility, etc.). Best guidance I can provide there is to follow Microsoft's hardware requirements and to run their Kinectv2 config verifier https://dev.windows.com/en-us/kinect/hardware-setup

If you otherwise encounter a problem, please do report it at https://github.com/diablodale/dp.kinect2/issues so I can start investigating.

Hey Dale. Thanks for your timely response. I am about to purchase my kinect in a few minutes. Yes I have read the hardware specs. It asks for a 3.1ghz processor which I find kinda funny, because not a single Apple laptop comes with anything much over a 2.5hgz, so Im not sure if I should believe that or not...I am hopping it will work with lesser of a model just may not obtain full frame rates, which should be ok. And PRAY that my usb chipset is acceptable. Cheers!

Everytime I enable the colormap output (aligned or not), the fps drops to 15. and so does skeleton and cloud.

Even if i disable speech, depth, cloud, etc.

if colormap is disabled, everything else run at 28-30fps

Can you run it colormap (unique 1) at 30 fps?

Does it comes from The kinect that limits the framerate cos of ressources?

user selection and priority. skeleton packing and visualisation. screen touch calculation.

I'm thinking about sharing them. What do you think will be the best repository to share it?

hi,
dp.kinect2 , unique 1. Max 7.1 32 bit
Everytime I enable the colormap output (aligned or not), the fps drops to 15. and so does skeleton and cloud.
Even if i disable speech, depth, cloud, etc.
It does append only with colormap on
if colormap is disabled, everything else run at 28-30fps

My Laptop is quitepowerfull.
Did you encountered a similar issue?
Can you run it colormap (unique 1) at 30 fps?
Does it comes from The kinect that limits the framerate cos of ressources?
or the usb3?

I develop some modules with your object:
user selection and priority. skeleton packing and visualisation. screen touch calculation.
I'm thinking about sharing them. What do you think will be the best repository to share it?


Hello. I have had the 64-bit version of dp.,kinect2 since 2014. :-) It is included in the ZIP download. In my experience, it performs slightly better than the 32-bit version.

Microsoft has chosen to limit color output to 15fps in situations where there is "not enough light".

https://github.com/diablodale/dp.kinect2/wiki#known-issues-limitations-report-problems

The Microsoft driver controls this and it is impossible to change. :-/ When you enable multiple types of data output, like color and depth together, the Microsoft drivers keep the frames in sync with each other. If you are in a "not enough light" situation, then the color drops to 15 fps....and because the frames are sync'd by the Microsoft driver then *all* the data drops to 15 fps.

To test this, put your Kinect2 in a place that has much more light. When you get enough light for the Kinect2 color camera, the fps will suddenly change to be ~30fps.

Thank you for choosing dp.kinect2 for your solutions. Where to share your ideas? I think here in the Max forums is one place. You can paste compressed patches. Another place is to put them on github. However because of the patch file format, the detailed version control is not as useful. Still...github is a good place to share open source files/ideas and you can version your patches, put them in directories, etc.

Hello. I have had the 64-bit version of dp.,kinect2 since 2014. :-)  It is included in the ZIP download. In my experience, it performs slightly better than the 32-bit version.

Microsoft has chosen to limit color output to 15fps in situations where there is "not enough light".
https://github.com/diablodale/dp.kinect2/wiki#known-issues-limitations-report-problems
The Microsoft driver controls this and it is impossible to change. :-/  When you enable multiple types of data output, like color and depth together, the Microsoft drivers keep the frames in sync with each other. If you are in a "not enough light" situation, then the color drops to 15 fps....and because the frames are sync'd by the Microsoft driver then *all* the data drops to 15 fps.
To test this, put your Kinect2 in a place that has much more light. When you get enough light for the Kinect2 color camera, the fps will suddenly change to be ~30fps.

Thank you for choosing dp.kinect2 for your solutions. Where to share your ideas? I think here in the Max forums is one place. You can paste compressed patches. Another place is to put them on github. However because of the patch file format, the detailed version control is not as useful. Still...github is a good place to share open source files/ideas and you can version your patches, put them in directories, etc.


I'm a student and I was working with the trial version, when it expired, and I didn't finish my work, there is any way to have a temporaly code for dp.kinect?

Hi diablodale,
I'm a student and I was working with the trial version, when it expired, and I didn't finish my work, there is any way to have a temporaly code for dp.kinect?
Hope so, waiting your answer.


Hello Adrian. I replied to your email a few hours ago. I'll repeat my answer here.

I provide 14 days for everyone to try and test dp.kinect and dp.kinect2. It seems you had a positive experience and want to use dp.kinect as part of your project. This means you have transitioned out of the try/test phase. You are now doing real work on a project.

I treat everyone equally and fairly. Therefore, a paid license is needed for use in your projects. You can buy a license at the same place you downloaded 

I do appreciate your question. Thank you for considering dp.kinect for your project solution.

Hello Adrian. I replied to your email a few hours ago. I'll repeat my answer here.
I provide 14 days for everyone to try and test dp.kinect and dp.kinect2. It seems you had a positive experience and want to use dp.kinect as part of your project. This means you have transitioned out of the try/test phase. You are now doing real work on a project.

I treat everyone equally and fairly. Therefore, a paid license is needed for use in your projects. You can buy a license at the same place you downloaded http://hidale.com/shop/

I do appreciate your question. Thank you for considering dp.kinect for your project solution.


I will be interested in getting an aligned color map in High definition, or at double size ( 1024 x 828).

At the moment, your external output it at 512x424 with align = 1 , even if colormapres = 5.

Perhaps when colormapres = 5, you could do a lookup transform with the HD color map.

or perhaps give us access to the internal DepthFrameToCameraSpaceTable so i can do the look up myself on a FHD image.

I could then generate texture_coordinates for jit.gl.mesh

Hi,
I will be interested in getting an aligned color map in High definition, or at double size ( 1024 x 828).
At the moment, your external output it at 512x424 with align = 1 , even if colormapres = 5.
Perhaps when colormapres = 5, you could do a lookup transform with the HD color map.
or perhaps give us access to the internal DepthFrameToCameraSpaceTable so i can do the look up myself on a FHD image.
I could then generate texture_coordinates for jit.gl.mesh
Thanks


Hello. I have good news. I have (silently released) a beta v1.1 of dp.kinect2 which will do alignment of the depthmap -> color using @align=2. You can download the beta at the usual 

Using @align=2 will create a depthmap and a colormap which are the full HD 1920x1080 resolution. Other matrices which depend on the depthmap (IR, player, pointcloud) will also have the HD resolution. By using the optional 5th outlet for a pointcloud 

https://github.com/diablodale/dp.kinect2/wiki/Matrix-Based-Data#opengl-point-cloud-optional-outlet-5

 you can output an HD matrix that can be fed into shaders, jit.gl.sketch, jit.gl.mesh, etc. for displacement maps, quick pointcloud visualization, and more.

Try the beta and tell me if it meets your needs.

Hello. I have good news. I have (silently released) a beta v1.1 of dp.kinect2 which will do alignment of the depthmap -> color using @align=2. You can download the beta at the usual http://hidale.com/shop/dp-kinect2/

Using @align=2 will create a depthmap and a colormap which are the full HD 1920x1080 resolution. Other matrices which depend on the depthmap (IR, player, pointcloud) will also have the HD resolution. By using the optional 5th outlet for a pointcloud https://github.com/diablodale/dp.kinect2/wiki/Matrix-Based-Data#opengl-point-cloud-optional-outlet-5 you can output an HD matrix that can be fed into shaders, jit.gl.sketch, jit.gl.mesh, etc. for displacement maps, quick pointcloud visualization, and more.

Try the beta and tell me if it meets your needs.


How do you interpolate the depth map(512x424) to FHD?

How do you fill the gaps beetween a background and user, the jump in depth?

Is it really necessary to upscale all the maps when only color is needed?

perhaps align=2 only for colormap, and align=3 for upscaling all others maps

I pack cloud(floatTo 3x4x8bitPacking)+(norm+user)+rgba maps on a 1536x424 texture that i send through syphon

im afraid that packing 3xFHD is going to be GPU heavy

By the way, do you have a shader for depth > cloud . with intrisics and FOV.

so i dont have to move around a 3 plane cloud texture

How do you interpolate the depth map(512x424) to FHD?
How do you fill the gaps beetween a background and user, the jump in depth?

Is it really necessary to upscale all the maps when only color is needed?
I mean that heavy cpu use could occur.
perhaps align=2 only for colormap, and align=3 for upscaling all others maps

I pack cloud(floatTo 3x4x8bitPacking)+(norm+user)+rgba maps on a 1536x424 texture that i send through syphon
im afraid that packing 3xFHD is going to be GPU heavy

By the way, do you have a shader for depth > cloud . with intrisics and FOV.
so i dont have to move around a 3 plane cloud texture

The Kinect SDK provides the necessary APIs for me to create a pixel-pixel mapping between the various sized data feeds from the Kinect. I use what the SDK provides and do not do any proprietary depthrealworld coordinate interpolation of my own.

@align=0 and @align=2 there is no change or upscaling of the colormap data. You get the full unchanged resolution data from the rgb camera. Color data is not shifted, nothing mapped, nothing up/downscaled. This is intentional.

@align=1 will cause the colormap to be aligned/mapped down to the depthmap's 512x424 resolution. This is intentional.

@align=0 is Kinect data in native resolutions, nothing aligned/mapped

@align=1 is Kinect data in 512x424 resolutions, everything aligned to the depthmap (which is native 512x424)

@align=2 is Kinect data in 1920x1080 resolutions, everything aligned to the colormap (which is native 1920x1080)

I do not do unneeded work in the code. If you don't need a data feed, then don't enable it and I won't map it internally. I only do mapping/alignment work when you enable a feed. I have a 3 year old quad-core intel laptop. My optimizations in v1.1 keep dp.kinect2's CPU usage to single digit %.

If you want to create a matrix of voxels (x,y,z,r,g,b) then you must align with =1 or =2. Giving you aligned matrices of either 512x424 or 1920x1080. The beta v1.1 also supportes more filtering of data. @depthonlyplayers now supports filtering any combination of the data output. If you look closely, it is a bitfield.

I did consider outputting the "formal" jitter/opengl matrix. However, I chose to not do this because Max required a 12-plane matrix just to output the alpha value. There was too much wasted memory. In this beta, I focused on very low-level instruction set CPU memory cache optimization. I was successful and have measurable improvements in both CPU usage, memory usage, and memory/pci-bus wait times. In a future release, I do plan to have a dp.kinect2 option to output textures directly. This texture option could slightly improve patch performance by removing one step if your patch doesn't need matrices.

Keep in mind that GPUs are designed and optimized to handle 3 and 4 plane textures. One of their top use cases is drawing color textured objects. Therefore, they need to be able to pass around rgb(a) textures. To the GPU there is no difference between RGB texture and XYZ texture...its just 3 (or 4) plane data.

@align=0 and @align=2 there is no change or upscaling of the colormap data. You get the full unchanged resolution data from the rgb camera. Color data is not shifted, nothing mapped, nothing up/downscaled. This is intentional.
@align=1 will cause the colormap to be aligned/mapped down to the depthmap's 512x424 resolution. This is intentional.
Written in a different way....
@align=0 is Kinect data in native resolutions, nothing aligned/mapped
@align=1 is Kinect data in 512x424 resolutions, everything aligned to the depthmap (which is native 512x424)
@align=2 is Kinect data in 1920x1080 resolutions, everything aligned to the colormap (which is native 1920x1080)

I did consider outputting the "formal" jitter/opengl matrix. However, I chose to not do this because Max required a 12-plane matrix just to output the alpha value. There was too much wasted memory. In this beta, I focused on very low-level instruction set CPU memory cache optimization. I was successful and have measurable improvements in both CPU usage, memory usage, and memory/pci-bus wait times. In a future release, I do plan to have a dp.kinect2 option to output textures directly. This texture option could slightly improve patch performance by removing one step if your patch doesn't need matrices. 

Keep in mind that GPUs are designed and optimized to handle 3 and 4 plane textures. One of their top use cases is drawing color textured objects. Therefore, they need to be able to pass around rgb(a) textures. To the GPU there is no difference between RGB texture and XYZ texture...its just 3 (or 4) plane data.


I removed only the 1.0.1 externals, put the 1.1b externals and restart Max 7.1

all the others kinect files stay the same

I removed only the 1.0.1 externals, put the 1.1b externals and restart Max 7.1
all the others kinect files stay the same
in 32 and 64 both give:
Error 126 loading external dp.kinect2

tried to renter the Registration Name
no luck
...


Other customers have seen this error; it is a Max error reporting that it can't load the external. My code hasn't even run yet. For example, here is an issue just like yours. 

https://github.com/diablodale/dp.kinect2/issues/16

If that doesn't resolve your issue, please open a new issue at the same location. I provide a sticky post there detailing the information that I will need to troubleshoot. It is likely because the Kinect runtime need to be re(installed) or there is a Windows runtime DLL missing.

Other customers have seen this error; it is a Max error reporting that it can't load the external. My code hasn't even run yet. For example, here is an issue just like yours. https://github.com/diablodale/dp.kinect2/issues/16

If that doesn't resolve your issue, please open a new issue at the same location. I provide a sticky post there detailing the information that I will need to troubleshoot. It is likely because the Kinect runtime need to be re(installed) or there is a Windows runtime DLL missing.


Error 126 _ runtime reinstall not working

reinstalling various part of kinect system does not help

but everything works fine in kinect studio ...

issue submited
reinstalling various part of kinect system does not help

Kinect 1 and Kinect 2 now supported in Max with dp.kinect and dp.kinect2 objects